Summary: This is a one-shot magi fanfic, which is also a gender-bend, but the only people I'm bending are Hakuryuu and Alibaba. Or maybe it would be considered a fem!fanfic, I don't know. Hakuryuu sees Alibaba training and stops and thinks: Why is this princess everything she's not?

Fandom: Magi

Genre: Friendship, Drama, Angst and Hurt/Comfort

Pairing: None

Characters: Hakuryuu, Alibaba, Morgiana and Aladdin

Title: Everything I'm Not

Hakuryuu's POV

For me it was a normal day, sort of. I mean, now that I'm temporally staying in Sindria my whole schedule has been thrown off.

I mean first thing in the morning I bathe, but guess what happens.

I look to find Ja'far in the tub. So no morning bath for me.

And I've always woken up early too.

Then, don't get me wrong. His highness, King Sinbad, is fair and caring, while being helpful, but, he's such a playboy.

I swear, he keeps hitting on me every time we're both alone in the hall together. Well he kinda does it any chance he gets.

But that's not the point.

Of course I've been able to find my way around them so I could carry out my schedule, but with making agreements and signing documents along with a plan to overthrow the Kou Empire…..its just been a hassle.

I can't seem to find anytime to relax. At all.

Then, there's the people here. Don't get me wrong, they're all so nice, but maybe a bit too energetic.

I've been able to get their personalities down pat, and I'm learning to adjust, but I've never met a bunch like this in my life.

It really surprised me.

I was walking around outside when I heard yelling and screaming.

By the direction it came from I guessed it was coming from the training area outside.

I walked around the flowers to see Alibaba using Amon, but only changing her arms and summoning his weapon. She even added in her fire powers that came from the sword.

Who knew she would be up so early. I mean, from what I saw I thought she was just a happy-go-lucky idiot princess who seemed to fool around a lot.

Turns out I was wrong.

"Come on," Alibaba pleaded, "I need to do this. I need to do a djinn equip!"

She was sweating. Alibaba must've gotten up extra-early just to train. And I've been thinking about relaxing.

I…..I'm an idiot.

I decided to watch Alibaba train, and believe me, she wasn't half bad. She's been incorporating her royal sword play moves along with the moves Sharrkan taught her.

I bet she could make them deadly if she wanted too. But I guess one thing's on her mind right now: a djinn equip.

She trained for about two more hours until it reached 9:00 a.m., and along with the fact Alibaba was drenched in her own sweat.

Ugh, I could smell her from here. It reeks!

Wow. I've honestly never seen Alibaba do that. To put all her focus and effort into her djinn, it's amazing! I think my respect for her just went up a bit.

As for me, I just have me, myself and I. I don't have any spectacular or hidden powers and I surely don't have a djinn either.

She's way ahead of me in this race.

I know deep down inside I haven't done anything to further my abilities as a king's vessel or a dungeon capturer.

Except for working on plans with his highness, I haven't any time to train or practice.

I don't understand. Alibaba Saluja, the former first princess of Balbadd and the previous third heir to the throne, has her previous kingdom under the Kou Empire's jurisdiction and she's not upset.

Why?

I just don't get it at all. It doesn't make any sense.

Even though she messes and fools around, she still is just everything huh. She knows politics, royal sword play, how to use a djinn, and knows when not to act a fool.

Honestly, how is she so-so lucky!? She's just too different from me.

When it came to looks too. Alibaba has pretty, bright blonde hair, and as for me I have dark black hair.

Her skin's so smooth, and I just have a big scar on my face. That mostly scares people and drives them off.

But now that I think about it when I first met Alibaba she didn't seem to mind. In fact, she said she admired my scar.

I got a bubbly feeling in my stomach. It didn't hurt, but the feeling made me feel sick.

I heaved myself up and started walking back inside the palace, carrying the disgusting feeling in the pit of my stomach.

It was later on, and everyone was in the dining hall eating lunch.

I turned and saw Alibaba, Aladdin and Morgiana all talking to one another. Aladdin said something that caused Alibaba and Morgiana to laugh.

How?

To be so perfectly imperfect, Alibaba still smiles. Doesn't she ever feel the need to frown. Or maybe cry because she's upset.

For her to smile…in a way….it makes me sick.

"Princess Hakuryuu?"

I turned to see Morgiana as she patted the sit next to her. "Please come sit with us," she said.

"Uh…." I was a bit shocked, but refusing would be rude so I nodded and grabbed my food and walked over sitting beside Morgiana. "T-thank you," I muttered blushing a bit. This type of contact or friendliness is something I have never experienced except from my older sister Hakuei. It was nice and refreshing. It made me feel really good.

"Don't worry about it Princess, we don't mind," Morgiana replied.

"Are you sure?" I asked quietly.

"Yup, don't worry about it Miss Hakuryuu!" Aladdin exclaimed happily swooping a piece of cake into his mouth.

I smiled and nodded, and then turned to the blonde that sat in front of me. She was being quiet, and much more then usual.

Her features were calm and her face held a solemn look and she just stared, looking at her soup. "Are you alright Alibaba, you seem worried?" I worked up the courage to ask as she scrambled to compose herself.

"H-huh? Oh, a, yes….I'm fine. Please don't worry Princess," she replied putting a smile on her face.

Please stop.

Why?

Doing that.

Doing what? I don't understand.

You put a smile on your face even if you're unhappy.

Do I?

Yes! Yes you do!

How can you tell?

"Because I do the exact same thing!" I screamed at the top of my lungs, eye closed, but my throat started burning.

Everyone held a shocked look in their face and all the attention was drawn on me as everything went silent.

I got up and walked away leaving everyone in awe.

But I could hear it. The voices that I knew, were becoming so distant. They were so far away from everything, from me.

I just couldn't turn back. I was so embarrassed by my outburst it made me wanna lock myself in my room and hide away forever. I think though I made my conscious feel a little better. The sick feeling that was in the pit of my stomach started to slowly but surely disappear.

I think maybe saying that- even if no one understood what I meant- started to make it feel better.

I thought terrible things about myself and was putting my own self down, but it's like my conscious was yelling at me.

Maybe the feeling in my stomach wasn't for just me, but maybe for Alibaba. The feeling complied me to help her. But I still can't help but wonder if I could ever amount to anything.

I walked into and my room, shutting the door and locking it, collapsing on my bed. It was soft and fluffily. I realized that what I said earlier about locking myself in my room was true. I did exactly that.

I feel into a deep sleep for a few hours until I heard knocking on my door. They were solid and powerful, but still gentle at the same time. I wonder who it is? I lazily got up, and was still a bit tired since I just woke up, and cracked open the door.

"Hello?" I turned to see Morgiana standing there her knuckle still raised and a bit surprised I had answered so quickly, but she lowered her knuckle.

"Yes, I'm sorry if I shocked you, but, I wanted to talk to you about what happened earlier. May I come in?" She asked me twiddling her toes nervously.

"Yeah," I nodded, "sure." I opened my door and extended my door letting her walk through. She sat down on the edge of my bed and looked up at me. "Is there some type of problem? Did we do something to bother you? I mean it's just that you seemed irritated, and I just wondered if we did something to provoke you?" Morgiana questioned.

"D-did I make you feel that way?" I sputtered out. "I am so sorry! I can't believe I made any of you feel that way. I mean, I'm irritated, but not with any of you. But with myself!" I admitted to the point where my face started turning red.

"I can't help but feel upset with my self so many times! I when I look at everyone, when I see Alibaba, I can't help but feel less than and I hate it!" I screamed running my hands through my hair.

I was waiting for a response from Morgiana but it never came. Instead she pointed at the doorway which had an occupant. I whipped around to see Alibaba standing in the doorway and stared at us with her mouth gaped open.

"Alibaba I-" she took running down the hall. "No, wait!" I yelled chasing quickly after her. My feet pounded against the hard floor as I chased after her.

I don't understand? Did I upset her? Anger her maybe? I don't know what I did.

The blonde raced to the garden where she could find solitude in and hide from me. "Alibaba," I called out. "Can you please come out." I asked softly. "I'm sorry I upset you," I said, pulling at the hem of my skirt.

I heard the rash breathing and followed to where I saw her sitting down, her knees to her chest. "Hey, a-are you okay?" I honestly don't know what to do. I've never down this comforting thing. I was usually the one with the problem, and when that happened, Hakuei comforted me.

"I want to help you."

"Hakuryuu," she barely just said, in more like a whisper. "I'm so sorry." She was…. Apologizing? "I can't believe I made you feel that way. I-I never knew I caused so much strife for you," Alibaba informed me, tears welling in her eyes.

"Why?" I inquired.

"Why what?" She responded.

I couldn't help it except get angry. I clenched my fists. "Why do you always do that? You don't mean to do anything wrong, but either way…. Your..your so perfect! Its like you never try anything, but your so good at everything!"

The blonde looked at me, shocked. "Me? Perfect?" She sighed. "Why would you think I'm perfect? Hakuryuu," she turned to me with a face pouring down with tears. "I can't do a djinn equip." Yeah, I know.

Alibaba looked up to the sky. "My rukh and magoi are all out of whack and soon, I need to learn how to fix it."

"I've always had trouble with Amon. First I had trouble making his flames, then it was summoning his weapon, and now, I can't even do a djinn equip right. And you talk about me being perfect," Alibaba turned back to me, "I'm far perfect."

"Then I think we have a few things in common. For starters, I can't conquer any dungeons at all, and I don't have a djinn while all my siblings do. That makes me feel so….small. Sometimes I feel like I'm just letting people down," I said sitting down beside her.

"And when I look at you, I just see, someone so uplifting and amazing. Then I think about myself in your footsteps and think, "Can I amount to that?" or "Can I even amount to anything?" And it really makes me think what I can do to make a difference in this world of ours," I blurted out, and rather unexpectedly.

I didn't know I would open my mouth up and say so much. I think we were both shocked with one another. We got to know more about one another and find out we're not as perfect as we thought.

Then I realized, that the feeling in the pit of my stomach, disappeared. It was gone, and hopefully for good this time. We both leaned on one another's back's and started laughing. Me wiping away a few tears the seeped through my eyes and Alibaba wiping away the tears that ran down her face.

"Well it's safe to say that this was interesting," Alibaba commented giggling.

"Yeah, definitely," I replied. "Come on," I stood up and offered my hand, which the blonde happily accepted. "Let's go," I said.

"That sounds like a good idea," Alibaba answered as we both walking back inside.

Normal POV

Morning arrived and Aladdin and Morgiana were walking to Hakuryuu's room after trying to get Alibaba for breakfast, which wasn't so successful. "I wonder where Alibaba went? Do you know Morg?" Aladdin asked.

Morgiana just shook her head no, and explained what happened last night at the Kou princess's room to the magi. "Oh…" he mumbled. "Well, I bet Miss Hakuryuu has to be in her room!" Aladdin cheered.

"Mhm, you're probably right," the fanalis agreed as the pair reached Hakuryuu's room.

She knocked on the door, but no reply. "Princess Hakuryuu must be out as well," Morgiana said turning to Aladdin wondering on their next move.

Then out of no where they heard laughing and looked to see Alibaba and Hakuryuu walking down the hall talking to one another. They walked up to Aladdin and Morgiana.

"Oh, hey Aladdin, Morg. What's up?" Alibaba asked.

"Hey Alibaba. Nothing, we just, y'know came to get you, and then tried Miss Hakuryuu," Aladdin replied.

"I see. Sorry, I didn't want to wake you two," the blonde said.

Both nodded and Hakuryuu spoke up, "We were just training out early in the morning. We though it would be good for the both of us," she lightly nudged the blonde on her arm.

"Well, we're finished so let's go get breakfast," Alibaba said gesturing them all.

"Alright," Morgiana responded as Alibaba and Hakuryuu started walking towards the dining hall. She turned to Aladdin. "Something happened that we don't know about."

"Yeah, definitely."

"I realized something," the Kou princess informed.

"Really? What is it?" The blonde asked.

"I think it's good to be me."

"Yup! And it's good to be me!"

Both girls just laughed and walked into the dining hall with Aladdin and Morgiana.

A/N: Hey, hope you guys enjoyed the first drabble/one-shot. I just want to say this right now. I wasn't trying to do any Hakuryuu bashing if any of you guys were thinking that, I am not. Because I know tons of people love Hakuryuu's character.

Trust me, I do too. He's so frickin' cute!

This will be a collection of fems! With different pairings and such, and just regular and weird situations. I'll make no promises to get each pairing, because trust me, there are a lot. So I'm not doing every one, but I'll do my best. And if you guys request some pairings I'll do my best to make a one-shot, or two-parter for the pairing.

And ideas, as mini plots, are always open. AU's are very welcome and I'll take a look and then try it if the idea is cool. So if you have an idea request it, I'll take a look and try my best to complete it. I make no promises for anything though.

That is my disclaimer.

Btw, I know in the anime/manga Alibaba discovers after Kougyoku and Sinbad fight that he can't do a djinn equip, but I really just decided to skip over it, just because it made this a lot easier.

Well, that's all for now.

~PopMania is out!